The Montgomery County Planning Board voted unanimously on Thursday, June 13, 2024, to make permanent modifications to the Montgomery Parks Open Parkways program. The permanent open parkway will be reduced by .7 miles, now spanning from Knowles Avenue to Cedar Lane.
Montgomery County issued the following news release with details on Juneteenth celebrations happening across the county :
Montgomery County Government has announced it will host free fireworks displays on Thursday, July 4 in Germantown and July 6 in Kensington. There will be additional fireworks displays happening around Independence Day in the county, including Gaithersburg’s Summerfest in Bohr Park on June 29.
Sofia, a second grader from Kensington Parkwood Elementary School, could soon have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see. Sofia is one of the 55 U.S. state and territory winners in the Doodle for Google contest, MCPS announced this week.
MASTIHA Bakery at 2387 Lewis Ave. in Rockville has closed. MASTIHA opened its Rockville location in April 2023 after relocating from 10560 Metropolitan Ave. in Kensington, where it was formerly known as Baklava Couture.
Kensington Market, located at 4215 Howard Ave., has announced that it will be closing its doors permanently on May 25th.
ALDI has announced it has dropped prices on more than 250 “summer essential” items in its stores. (more…)
7:42pm update: All travel lanes are now open
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to 10644 Connecticut Ave (Kensington) for a fire in an auto body shop at approximately 6:40pm on Sunday.
Montgomery County Police has released additional information regarding the two false bomb threats that that were received on Tuesday, April 24. (more…)
Update: Einstein High School has been cleared. Staff and students are returning back to campus. The threat was determined to be not credible.
The Shelter-in-Place at Thomas S. Wootton HS has been lifted as of 10:48 am. 911 emergency services have completed their assessment and deemed this a non-credible threat. Classes and other activities have resumed as planned inside our building.
A busy couple of weeks coming up in Kensington. In addition to kids being able to read to a therapy dog on the second and third Saturday of every month at Kensington Park Library, there are a few more events coming up soon: